Category: Able Americans
Faces of the Disability Crisis: Able Americans Launches New Website and Video Series
The National Center's Able Americans project -- which is dedicated to supporting Americans living with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities -- has embarked on an exciting new chapter. Under the leadership of Rachel Barkley, we've launched a bold new look, ...
Rachel Barkley: Medicaid Reform Falls Short for People with Disabilities
"Speaker Johnson’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' can do more to fix Medicaid for the truly vulnerable — Americans with disabilities," writes Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley in a commentary published at National Review. Rachel shares about the "bureaucratic maze" she ...
D.C. Event: People with Disabilities and the Imago Dei
This Friday on Capitol Hill, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley will be the featured speaker at a Faith and Law event entitled "Able to Succeed: People with Disabilities and the Imago Dei." The event description reads: People with disabilities are created ...
Rachel Barkley: Restore Medicaid’s Intent: Prioritize The Most Vulnerable Over Able-bodied Childless Adults
Medicaid was designed to care for America's most vulnerable, including those with disabilities, but the advent of ObamaCare changed everything. In a commentary published at The Hill, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley writes: The Medicaid program changed in 2010 with ...
Able Americans Calls Upon HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to Empower and Protect the 100 Million Americans Affected by Disabilities
Washington, D.C. - As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., promises to disrupt the U.S. healthcare system as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), spokespeople with the National Center for Public Policy Research and its ...
Able Americans Breaks Ground on ADA-Compliant Remodel of Freedom’s Embassy
A long-anticipated renovation to our headquarters, Freedom's Embassy, is now underway. The National Center's Able Americans program hosted an official groundbreaking on October 2 to commemorate the occasion. After nearly a year of negotiations, National Center COO David Almasi finally ...
Elinore McCance-Katz: Implement Certified Clinic Program To Help Homeless Veterans, Improve National Mental Health
"The reach of the Veterans Administration Health System is limited and often veterans in need cannot get to a VA health facility," notes Able Americans Senior Fellow Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz in a commentary published at Stars and Stripes. But Dr ...
Mark Mostert: The Social Security Disability Nightmare
In a commentary published at The American Thinker, Able Americans Senior Researcher Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D., examines the multitude of problems facing people with disabilities when they try to access their Social Security Insurance (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance ...
Able Americans Offers Policy Solutions for 100 Million Americans with Disabilities — and Their Caretakers
Washington, D.C. -- Today, leaders with Able Americans, a project of the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), released "Able to Succeed: A Policy Reform Agenda for Americans with Disabilities." This special report provides 45 policy solutions to address significant problems Americans with ...
Rachel Barkley and Megan Burke: Americans With Disabilities Are at a Breaking Point. Are Politicians Listening?
"Individuals with disabilities are at higher risk of financial distress, homelessness, food insecurity, unsustainable medical debt, having their children taken away from them and more," write Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley and Petrizzo Group Principal Megan Burke in a commentary published by The Hill. And ...
